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Category: Regional Trading Arrangements
Trade creation takes place when ?
A. a country moves from autarky to free trade
B. a movement to a customs union reduces the cost of trade through standardization
C. economic integration results in a movement in product origin to a lower-cost member country
D. economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower cost nonmember country to a member country having higher costs
If A forms a customs union with C, the value of trade diversion will be ?
A. $0
B. $10,000
C. $20,000
D. $40,000
The implementation of the European Union has ?
A. made it harder for Americans of compete against the Germans in the British market
B. made it easier for Americans to compete against the Germans in the British market
C. made it harder for Americans to compete against the Japanese in the British market
D. made it easier for Americans to compete against the Japanese in the British
________ is said to exist when the formation of a regional trading group leads to the reduction of trade with nonmember countries in favor of member countries ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. trade exclusion
D. trade distortion
_________ is said to exist when the formation of a regional trading group leads to an expansion of trade above pregroup levels ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. trade exclusion
D. trade distortion
When imports from a higher-cost supplier within a customs union replace imports from a lower-cost supplier outside the custom union, there exists ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. dynamic welfare effects
D. comprehensive welfare effects
As of 2002, the ________ became the official currency union of the European Monetary System ?
A. dollar
B. mark
C. franc
D. euro
Trade creation will more likely outweigh trade diversion for Country X that forms a customs union if the level of tariffs in Country X prior to the customs union is ________ and the total number of countries forming the customs union is _________?
A. relatively high; relatively large
B. relatively high; relatively small
C. relatively low ; relatively large
D. relatively low ; relatively small
If A imposes a per unit tariff of $10 on imports from both B and C A will import ?
A. 400 units from B
B. 200 units from C
C. 200 units from each
D. 400 units from B and 200 units from C
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